Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Big cocoa nose with some biscuit and faint roast and a hint of banana and possibly clove but they have to fight their way through the cocoa nibs and the dark wheat malts. Deep black, 1-2" head that collapses to a thin film but produces excellent lace and on subsequent pours produces a tight, rocky persistent head typical of weizens. Very creamy palate with obvious cocoa and the dark malts are more towards the lighter chocolates than the bitter roasts to the malt and the cocoa nibs complement one another. The brewer strikes the right balance with the cocoa nibs they are noticeable but not cloying and overpowering. There is just enough there to work harmoniously with the caramels and chocolates from the malts but not squelch them. Above average carbonation, the carbonation gives it more body and the fine soft bubbles give it a smoothness and creaminess.

School pours a dark brown color with a large non lacing head. There is a mellow aroma with banana and coco powder. The taste is creamy nice banana flavors and coco powder. Body is a little flat and watery. Overall nice flavored good nellow chocolate and banana flavors.

Taste: Chocolate hits the palate first, followed quickly by the weizen yeast character. There's banana, and spice, clove. Medium-bodied, full-flavored, and fairly unique. Plays rich on the tongue for a while, and ends on the dry side, with a lingering chocolate-y finish.

I'd like to see what they tell us on the label: "Schoko-weizen kicks off our limited edition Storm Cellar Series. We use classic Hefeweizen yeast to give this brew rich banana and clove flavors, with notes of toasted bread from the dark wheat. Schokolade is the German word for chocolate, so cacao nibs are added to give SCHOLO-WEIZEN it's rich, chocolately finish. A fitting style of beer to launch this limited series, Dunkelweizen was the first style of beer co-founder Joe ever brewed. Enjoy this one of a kind beer while it lasts…Prost!"

If this wasn't supposed to be so la-de-da, if it wasn't wax-dipped, in a big bottle, with a price tag of $9 or so, maybe I wouldn't be disappointed. It just doesn't deliver enough. Nothing wrong with it, nothing bad, just not good enough.

Appearance: Pours a deep dark brownish black with a moderate amount of bubbles. Solid three fingers of light tan head that recede into a thin creamy layer. Leaves a lot of creamy lacing around the glass.

Smell: A dark and fairly sweet yeast driven aroma with hints of spice and lots of chocolate. Upfront hefeweizen yeast along with wheat and hints of grains and biscuit. Spice hints of clove and pepper. Big scent of bananas along with hints of bubblegum, dried apple, and pear. Dark roast hints with some chocolate cacao nibs and slight coffee. Hops are very laid back. A pretty interesting and nice aroma.

Taste: Like the aroma hints at, a yeast driven taste with lots of banana and dark chocolate notes. Lots of hefeweizen yeast upfront with some notes of wheat, biscuit, and grains. Spicy notes of clove and pepper. Lots of banana taste along with some notes of dried apple, pear, and bubblegum. Dark roast notes with a nice dose of cacao nibs along with a slight taste of coffee. Not many hops to speak of. A pretty nice yeasty taste.

Overall: I've had Bad Weather at the bar, so was glad to see them in bottles--and a dunkelweizen to boot! It's tasty, with a good mix of chocolate and banana flavors. I'd rate this just a little lower than El Hefe Negro from Surly--I haven't rated that one due to it being tap only.

I was excited to see this come through the store I work at, hadn't heard about this one before I cracked the case open, I really like the other bad weather beers I've tried though.

A: very dark brown, almost black with a thick khaki colored head, that dissipates at a medium rate.S: I get quite a bit of clove, mild ripe banana as the beer warms the banana aroma comes to the front more with some other ripened fruit esters. I also get that odd metallic/ aluminum aroma that weizen beers and some yeasty belguim beers have. Not getting much of any cocoa or chocolate aromas.T: The clove is pretty strong in this beer which is unfortunate for me because i'm not a fan. The banana and chocolate are very faint and that metallic taste is definitely there in the aftertaste. Pretty disappointed with this one, I probably over-hyped it up in my head.M: Low/high to medium/low carbonation, pretty light body. overall: i'm gonna try hard to finish this glass, unfortunately my wife doesn't like it either which leaves a whole glass for the drain... sorry bad weather :(